A few years ago, more than I would admit, I started hosting a monthly poker game in my basement.
Because we're a Penn State family, the obvious name of the basement became The Lion's Den.
The Lion's Den was originally my father-in-law's residence, so it's not the man cave of some others, but it does the job.
Now that I'm retired and have some time, I thought I'd share some of the happenings at the Lion's Den, hence this thread.
The Lion's Den has two table and *usually* hosts a cash game on the 2nd Friday of each month and a tournament (with cash game to follow when the tourney gets to one table) on the last Friday of each month. If you're in the Ellicott City, MD area sometime just shoot me a PM and we'll be glad to have you.
There's quite a long list of invitees, but there's also a core of regular players including PCFers Chippy McChiperson, Krafticus, MrBo, Kirchausen, Phil Lafond and Buffalo.
The cash game is usually 0.25 / 0.50 NLHE ($100 max-buy-in) with higher stakes occasionally, and on 3/11/2016 we held our first limit game.
The tournament is $35 buy-in + $5 bounty and usually gets 12 - 20 players.
Some initial pictures of the room and some chip pron follow. I'll try to post some pics after every game.
Enjoy
Dennis
A view of the room.....
Wall hangings including 2nd place trophy from Derby City Showdown and uncut sheet of Desjng Cards
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The tables .. Penn State themed.. designed by J5, produced by T_Chan. This cloth is the nuts.
The Nittany Lion Shrine
The Penn State Logo...
The wet bar area with beer 'fridge and a couple of bottles of bourbon to share
The stone plaque was made by my grandchildren several years ago
Chip pron !!
My sets aren't as large as some since I only keep sets large enough for the games I run. All sets assume we'll get 20 players at the event.
PCA set complete with fracs for cash game
Best $5 chips on the market and the $100s aren't bad either (y) :thumbsup:
Oak Tree Cash Set for Cash Games
Recently purchased from Krafticus with the promise to sell them back whenever he asks and to give him right of first refusal if I decide to sell them
Mixed Casino Set for Cash Games
Grand Victoria $1s
Casbalanca $5s
Mark Twain $25s -- love these too
Casino Aztar $100s
Lion's Den Custom Cash Game Set
Produced by ASM in Las Vegas when Michael was still involved. Featuring Bright White base for the $1s
Designed by J5
0.25 - Butterscotch / Chocolate
1.00 - Bright White / Dark Blue
5.00 - Red / Black
25.00 - Retro Green / Canary
100.00 -- Black / Light Blue
Fractionals for Cash Games
Motor City and Garden City Quarters
Cactus Jack 0.50s
GCOP Tournament Set
No poker room is complete without them. MY only regret is not ordering more.
This set works for 20 players with 8/8/4/7 starting stacks for T10K
Custom Lion's Den Tournament Set
My first attempt at a custom set. Worked with the folks at ASM on these.
Assumed it would be my only custom set, so tried for lots of colors and spots
There are two different $100s. I original went for yellow/dg yellow/red, but Jim B convinced me to go with yellow/red
and I ended up with both... Jim B is the man
Because we're a Penn State family, the obvious name of the basement became The Lion's Den.
The Lion's Den was originally my father-in-law's residence, so it's not the man cave of some others, but it does the job.
Now that I'm retired and have some time, I thought I'd share some of the happenings at the Lion's Den, hence this thread.
The Lion's Den has two table and *usually* hosts a cash game on the 2nd Friday of each month and a tournament (with cash game to follow when the tourney gets to one table) on the last Friday of each month. If you're in the Ellicott City, MD area sometime just shoot me a PM and we'll be glad to have you.
There's quite a long list of invitees, but there's also a core of regular players including PCFers Chippy McChiperson, Krafticus, MrBo, Kirchausen, Phil Lafond and Buffalo.
The cash game is usually 0.25 / 0.50 NLHE ($100 max-buy-in) with higher stakes occasionally, and on 3/11/2016 we held our first limit game.
The tournament is $35 buy-in + $5 bounty and usually gets 12 - 20 players.
Some initial pictures of the room and some chip pron follow. I'll try to post some pics after every game.
Enjoy
Dennis
A view of the room.....
Wall hangings including 2nd place trophy from Derby City Showdown and uncut sheet of Desjng Cards
\\\
The tables .. Penn State themed.. designed by J5, produced by T_Chan. This cloth is the nuts.
The Nittany Lion Shrine
The Penn State Logo...
The wet bar area with beer 'fridge and a couple of bottles of bourbon to share
The stone plaque was made by my grandchildren several years ago
Chip pron !!
My sets aren't as large as some since I only keep sets large enough for the games I run. All sets assume we'll get 20 players at the event.
PCA set complete with fracs for cash game
Best $5 chips on the market and the $100s aren't bad either (y) :thumbsup:
Oak Tree Cash Set for Cash Games
Recently purchased from Krafticus with the promise to sell them back whenever he asks and to give him right of first refusal if I decide to sell them
Mixed Casino Set for Cash Games
Grand Victoria $1s
Casbalanca $5s
Mark Twain $25s -- love these too
Casino Aztar $100s
Lion's Den Custom Cash Game Set
Produced by ASM in Las Vegas when Michael was still involved. Featuring Bright White base for the $1s
Designed by J5
0.25 - Butterscotch / Chocolate
1.00 - Bright White / Dark Blue
5.00 - Red / Black
25.00 - Retro Green / Canary
100.00 -- Black / Light Blue
Fractionals for Cash Games
Motor City and Garden City Quarters
Cactus Jack 0.50s
GCOP Tournament Set
No poker room is complete without them. MY only regret is not ordering more.
This set works for 20 players with 8/8/4/7 starting stacks for T10K
Custom Lion's Den Tournament Set
My first attempt at a custom set. Worked with the folks at ASM on these.
Assumed it would be my only custom set, so tried for lots of colors and spots
There are two different $100s. I original went for yellow/dg yellow/red, but Jim B convinced me to go with yellow/red
and I ended up with both... Jim B is the man
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